--- title: 1 Kings 8:9 (JPS 1917) — There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Mose… · tree and pragmatics description: There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nothing, Moses, LORD, ends), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:1KI:291 # text = There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 save save ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Horeb Horeb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past | Moses | the two tables of stone | | Horeb; there | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme at horeb=Destination | | 3 | **make** | past | the LORD | a covenant | | | | with the children of Israel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Product | | 4 | **come out** | past | ends *= end* | the land of Egypt | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient land=Result | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} אֵ֚ין בָּֽאָר֔וֹן רַ֗ק שְׁנֵי֙ לֻח֣וֹת הָאֲבָנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִנִּ֥חַ שָׁ֛ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּחֹרֵ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ עִם־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [1 Kings 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:291` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Kings 8:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.290/) - next →: [1 Kings 8:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.292/) - ↑ back to [1 Kings 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.8.9/)